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US avoids anti-abortion schism at meeting on women's equality _ unlike 2005
Associated Press WriterUNITED NATIONS (AP) — A U.N. meeting to assess progress in advancing the fight for women's equality that ended Friday had a dramatically different slant than a similar session held five years ago: This time, the United States was not trying to...Tags: AIDS, Politics, Abortion, Minority Groups, Colleges and Universities
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Cuccinelli wrong on colleges, Baliles says
757-247-4765Former Gov. Gerald Baliles served as attorney general before assuming the state's top office, and he's taking issue with Ken Cuccinelli, who cited a Baliles legal opinion from 1982 when Cuccinelli wrote to colleges and universities about discrimination...Tags: Local Authority, Lawyers, Politics, Social Issues, Crime, Law and Justice
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Glass ceilings still there
Like most Americans, I haven't seen "The Hurt Locker," but I was still rooting for Kathryn Bigelow to claim the Best Director statue. This is, after all, 2010 — a little late in the day for "first women," particularly in an industry that depends...Tags: The Hurt Locker (movie), Entertainment, Kathryn Bigelow, Lawyers, Television
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Canceled Mississippi prom brings new attention to Polis's bill
KDVR DenverWESTMINSTER - Congressman Jared Polis introduced H.R. 1450, known as "The Student Anti-Discrimination Act", in January, two months before anyone outside of Fulton, Miss. knew the name Constance McMillen. But McMillen's story, that of an 18-year-old...Tags: Juvenile Delinquency, Social Issues, Schools, Mississippi, Crime, Law and Justice
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Terrorists who defy every stereotype
Thank you, "JihadJane" for making a point about racial profiling that I've been trying to make for years: You can't judge a potential terrorist by his complexion — or, in this case, her complexion.
For years we have been hearing pundits and...Tags: James Inhofe, Pakistan, Guerrilla Activity, Terrorism, Islam
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Fed up with fat and saying something about it
Slim society's tolerance is wearing thin.
As more people over the last decade have tipped the scales toward obesity, normal weight folks have signed up for employee wellness programs that offer them lower premiums and other financial perks as a reward...Tags: Cleveland Clinic, Yale University, Overweight, New York Times, Colleges and Universities
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Cuba once persecuted homosexuals, transsexuals, now quietly pays for sex-change operations
Associated Press WriterHAVANA (AP) — Looking in the mirror used to make Yiliam Gonzalez sick to her stomach. "I would see myself, and my body didn't match who I was," said the 28-year-old wedding pianist, who went by William before receiving a sex change under Cuba's...Tags: Medical Services, Personal Data Collection, Surgery, IBM, Fidel Castro
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Gay rights' surprise ally
There are two interesting things about Virginia Gov. Robert F. McDonnell's executive directive this week banning discrimination in the state government's personnel actions on the basis of sexual orientation. The first is that Mr. McDonnell, pilloried...Tags: Northrop Grumman Corp., Lawyers, Lobbying, Politics, Regional Authority
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Shad Plank: Ethics reform moves to Gov. Bob McDonnell
General Assembly lawmakers sent an ethics reform package to Gov. Bob McDonnell this week designed to tighten up regulations on state legislators in the wake of the downfall of Del. Phil Hamilton. Lawmakers in the House of Delegates introduced a number of...Tags: Values, Lawyers, Old Dominion University, Politics, Regional Authority
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Va. gov counters state attorney general's advice that colleges can't bar gay discrimination
Associated Press WriterRICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Gov. Bob McDonnell directed state agencies not to discriminate against gay people in employment practices Wednesday, essentially overriding the Virginia attorney general's advice to public colleges. The governor issued the...Tags: Richmond (Richmond, Virginia), Labor Legislation, Regional Authority, Corruption, Minority Groups
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Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli's letter draws fire nationally
247-4765Gov. Bob McDonnell pushed to quell the controversy surrounding sexual orientation discrimination at state-supported colleges and universities Wednesday, releasing an executive directive saying that "discrimination of any kind will not be tolerated."...Tags: Lawyers, College of William and Mary, Timothy M. Kaine, Career and Workplace, Minority Groups
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McDonnell overrides Cuccinelli's anti-gay letter, sort of
757-247-4765Students at Christopher Newport University are taking to social networking sites to voice their displeasure with the recent opinion offered by state Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli regarding anti- discrimination policies toward sexual orientation. The...Tags: Labor Legislation, Regional Authority, Corruption, Colleges and Universities, Minority Groups
Mar 13, 2010
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Mar 15, 2010
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Mar 15, 2010
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Mar 13, 2010
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Mar 14, 2010
|Column| Chicago Tribune
Feb 1, 2010
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Mar 10, 2010
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Mar 13, 2010
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Mar 12, 2010
|Column| Hampton Roads Daily Press
Mar 10, 2010
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Mar 11, 2010
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Mar 10, 2010
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